Does the labour dep. inform imm. police about cancelled work permits ?

One thinks that they should inform each other about changes in visa and work permit status, but I don't think they do. Do they ?

I beleive that you inform Immigration about your cancelled work permint with the receiprt that Employment Dept. give to you. You are than given 7 days to leave country or if on an external B visa, find new job !!

Currently it seems not. But if one continues to live in Thailand or apply for a new work permit they might notice something is wrong.

From my experience they do not inform immigration or anyone else. They stapled a piece of paper in my Work Permit, I assume saying that it was canceled at the particular location of work and handed it back to me it took 5 minutes. Labor office Korat.

I beleive that you inform Immigration about your cancelled work permint with the receiprt that Employment Dept. give to you. You are than given 7 days to leave country or if on an external B visa, find new job !!

Since Oct. 2006 you don't get 7 days for free anymore. You have to ask for an "extension" of 7 days and pay for the usual fee of 1,900 baht.

Thanks all.

I am not so sure that these departments do communicate.

It never occurred to me a while back that when I changed jobs and went to work in Singapore that my extension to stay in Thailand was npo longer valid.

I continued to come in and out of Thailand every two weeks and still used the same re entry number on my passport for nine months until it expired. Not once did immigration ever question me on coming into Thailand.

I am not so sure that these departments do communicate.

It never occurred to me a while back that when I changed jobs and went to work in Singapore that my extension to stay in Thailand was npo longer valid.

I continued to come in and out of Thailand every two weeks and still used the same re entry number on my passport for nine months until it expired. Not once did immigration ever question me on coming into Thailand.

Hmmm!!!! Then the question arises when you were stamped in on arrival did immigration stamp you in related to the Re-Entry stapm validity or just give you a Visa free entry for 30 day each time ?? In my experience they do check the validity date of re-entry stamps.

I beleive that you inform Immigration about your cancelled work permint with the receiprt that Employment Dept. give to you. You are than given 7 days to leave country or if on an external B visa, find new job !!

Since Oct. 2006 you don't get 7 days for free anymore. You have to ask for an "extension" of 7 days and pay for the usual fee of 1,900 baht.

Apolgies - I knew it was 1900 baht, but forgot to inform :jap:

Edited February 16, 201115 yr by terak69